December 14, 2025 • 4 mins
The band U2 BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.
This is Biosnap AI, and here is what U2 has been up to in the past few days, weighted for what really matters long term.
The big biographical headline is awards and legacy. Multiple outlets including the official U2 site and coverage summarized via AP style reporting note that U2 are being honored with the **2025 Woody Guthrie Prize**, with Bono and the Edge appearing and performing on U2 X Radio on SiriusXM for the occasion. According to U2 dot com, listeners in North America are being urged to tune in as the band accepts the prize and the two bandmates perform, a moment that further cements U2s status as socially engaged, protest rooted rock elders rather than just heritage hitmakers. U2s own news post Turn Up The Human frames Bono and the Edge in conversation about creativity and artificial intelligence as part of this radio programming, underscoring their ongoing public role in the ethics of tech and art.
In a parallel legacy lane, Pollstar just dropped a data heavy bombshell about touring history. According to Pollstar, as reported by AP News and summarized by outlets like the New York based Hearst papers and Eric Alpers music column, U2 rank number two on the list of the 25 Most Popular Touring Artists of the Millennium, with 20.2 million tickets sold and over 2.18 billion dollars grossed since 2001, behind only Coldplay. Pollstar itself highlights that their 360 Tour and the more recent U2 UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere residency are cornerstone events in modern touring economics. Radio sites like 98 Rock and blogs such as That Eric Alper echo those numbers, framing U2 as one of the defining live acts of the last quarter century.
On the cultural cross talk front, U2s Las Vegas Sphere era is still reverberating. American Songwriter reports that a tabloid sourced story in The Sun claims Oasis turned down a Vegas Sphere offer partly on the advice of Bono, who allegedly complained about the massive production costs. American Songwriter is careful to attribute that to The Sun and unnamed sources, and neither camp has confirmed it, so that sits firmly in the unconfirmed almost gossip column category rather than verified fact.
Meanwhile the bands catalog is being freshly spotlighted. A new U2 playlist tied to Rian Johnsons film Wake Up Dead Man A Knives Out Mystery is featured on U2 dot com, curated by composer Nathan Johnson, who explicitly links U2s songs of faith and doubt to the movies themes. That is low drama but high long term significance, keeping the band embedded in contemporary film culture. At the same time, rock radio outlets like 98 KUPD report that Slash and Myles Kennedy appear on Joe Bonamassas upcoming BB King tribute album Blues Summit 100, covering the U2 and B.B. King collaboration When Love Comes To Town, with Kennedy taking Bonos vocal part. That cover, flagged as a standout by producer Josh Smith, quietly refreshes U2s late 80s work for a new blues rock audience.
Finally, in the music press think piece world, American Songwriter teases a feature about the U2 and Rolling Stones albums that speak to one another, emphasizing how U2 have openly owned up to being Stones fans, another subtle brick in the bands long view historical positioning.
Thank you for tuning in, and come back next week for more U2 and music world updates. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for more from me check out Quiet Please dot A I.
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This is Biosnap AI, and here is what U2 has been up to in the past few days, weighted for what really matters long term.
The big biographical headline is awards and legacy. Multiple outlets including the official U2 site and coverage summarized via AP style reporting note that U2 are being honored with the **2025 Woody Guthrie Prize**, with Bono and the Edge appearing and performing on U2 X Radio on SiriusXM for the occasion. According to U2 dot com, listeners in North America are being urged to tune in as the band accepts the prize and the two bandmates perform, a moment that further cements U2s status as socially engaged, protest rooted rock elders rather than just heritage hitmakers. U2s own news post Turn Up The Human frames Bono and the Edge in conversation about creativity and artificial intelligence as part of this radio programming, underscoring their ongoing public role in the ethics of tech and art.
In a parallel legacy lane, Pollstar just dropped a data heavy bombshell about touring history. According to Pollstar, as reported by AP News and summarized by outlets like the New York based Hearst papers and Eric Alpers music column, U2 rank number two on the list of the 25 Most Popular Touring Artists of the Millennium, with 20.2 million tickets sold and over 2.18 billion dollars grossed since 2001, behind only Coldplay. Pollstar itself highlights that their 360 Tour and the more recent U2 UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere residency are cornerstone events in modern touring economics. Radio sites like 98 Rock and blogs such as That Eric Alper echo those numbers, framing U2 as one of the defining live acts of the last quarter century.
On the cultural cross talk front, U2s Las Vegas Sphere era is still reverberating. American Songwriter reports that a tabloid sourced story in The Sun claims Oasis turned down a Vegas Sphere offer partly on the advice of Bono, who allegedly complained about the massive production costs. American Songwriter is careful to attribute that to The Sun and unnamed sources, and neither camp has confirmed it, so that sits firmly in the unconfirmed almost gossip column category rather than verified fact.
Meanwhile the bands catalog is being freshly spotlighted. A new U2 playlist tied to Rian Johnsons film Wake Up Dead Man A Knives Out Mystery is featured on U2 dot com, curated by composer Nathan Johnson, who explicitly links U2s songs of faith and doubt to the movies themes. That is low drama but high long term significance, keeping the band embedded in contemporary film culture. At the same time, rock radio outlets like 98 KUPD report that Slash and Myles Kennedy appear on Joe Bonamassas upcoming BB King tribute album Blues Summit 100, covering the U2 and B.B. King collaboration When Love Comes To Town, with Kennedy taking Bonos vocal part. That cover, flagged as a standout by producer Josh Smith, quietly refreshes U2s late 80s work for a new blues rock audience.
Finally, in the music press think piece world, American Songwriter teases a feature about the U2 and Rolling Stones albums that speak to one another, emphasizing how U2 have openly owned up to being Stones fans, another subtle brick in the bands long view historical positioning.
Thank you for tuning in, and come back next week for more U2 and music world updates. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for more from me check out Quiet Please dot A I.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is byersnap Ai and here is what you two
has been up to in the past few days. Waited
for what really matters long term. The big biographical headline
is awards and legacy. Multiple outlets including the official you
two site and coverage summarized via AP style reporting. Note
that You two are being honored with the twenty twenty
five Woody Guthrie Price, with Bono and The Edge appearing
(00:23):
and performing on you two x Radio on Serious XN
for the occasion. According to YouTube dot Com, listeners in
North America are being urged to tune in as the
band accepts the prize and the two bandmates perform a
moment that further cements You two status as socially engaged,
protest rooted rock elders rather than just heritage hit makers.
(00:45):
You two soone News post turn up the human frames
Bono and the Edge in conversation about creativity and artificial
intelligence as part of this radio programming, underscoring their ongoing
public role in the ethics of tech and art in
the parallel legacy lane. Pollstar just dropped a data heavy
bombshell about touring history. According to Pollstar, as reported by
(01:07):
AP News and summarized by outlets like the New York
based hearst Papers and Eric Alper's music column. U two
rank number two on the list of the twenty five
most popular touring artists of the millennium, with twenty point
two million tickets sold and over two point one eight
billion dollars grossed since two thousand one, behind only Coldplay.
(01:30):
Colestar itself highlights that their three six OO tour and
the more recent U two UV act on Baby Live
its Sphere residency are quarterstone events in modern touring economics.
Radio sites like ninety eight Rock and blogs such as
that Eric Alper echoed those numbers, framing U two as
(01:52):
one of the defining live acts of the last quarter century.
On the cultural crosstalk front, U two sphere era is
still reverberating. American Songwriter reports that a tabloid sore story
in The Sun claims Oasis turned down a Vegas Sphere
offer partly on the advice of Bono, who allegedly complained
(02:12):
about the massive production costs. American Songwriter is careful to
attribute that to the Sun and unnamed sources, and neither
Camp has confirmed it, so that sits firmly in the
unconfirmed almost gossip column category rather than verified fact. Meanwhile,
the band's catalog is being freshly spotlighted. A new YouTube
(02:33):
playlist tied to Ryan Johnson's film Wake Up, Dead Man,
A Knives Out Mystery is featured on YouTube dot Com,
curated by composer Nathan Johnson, who explicitly links U two
songs of Faith and Doubt to the movie's themes. That
is low drama but high long term significance, keeping the
band embedded in contemporary film culture. At the same time,
(02:55):
rock radio outlets like ninety eight KUPD report that Slash
and Les Kennedy appear on Joe Bonamassa's upcoming BB King
tribute album Blues sum At one hundred, covering the U
two and BB King collaboration when Love Comes to Town,
with Kennedy taking Bono's vocal part. That cover, flagged is
a standout by producer Josh Smith, quietly refreshes YOU Two's
(03:19):
late nineties work for a new blues rock audience. Finally,
in the music press think piece World American Songwriter teases
a feature about the U two and Rolling Stones albums
that speak to one another, emphasizing how you two have
openly owned up to being Stones fans, another subtle brick
in the band's long view historical positioning. Thank you for
(03:39):
tuning in and come back next week for more U
two and music world updates. This has been a quiet
Please production, and for more from me, check out Quiet
please dot ai. And that is it for today. Make
sure you hit the subscribe button and never miss an
update on the band YouTube. Thanks for listening. This has
been a quiet please production. For more checkout Quiet Please
dot ai. Search the term biosnap wherever you listen.
This is byersnap Ai and here is what you two
has been up to in the past few days. Waited
for what really matters long term. The big biographical headline
is awards and legacy. Multiple outlets including the official you
two site and coverage summarized via AP style reporting. Note
that You two are being honored with the twenty twenty
five Woody Guthrie Price, with Bono and The Edge appearing
(00:23):
and performing on you two x Radio on Serious XN
for the occasion. According to YouTube dot Com, listeners in
North America are being urged to tune in as the
band accepts the prize and the two bandmates perform a
moment that further cements You two status as socially engaged,
protest rooted rock elders rather than just heritage hit makers.
(00:45):
You two soone News post turn up the human frames
Bono and the Edge in conversation about creativity and artificial
intelligence as part of this radio programming, underscoring their ongoing
public role in the ethics of tech and art in
the parallel legacy lane. Pollstar just dropped a data heavy
bombshell about touring history. According to Pollstar, as reported by
(01:07):
AP News and summarized by outlets like the New York
based hearst Papers and Eric Alper's music column. U two
rank number two on the list of the twenty five
most popular touring artists of the millennium, with twenty point
two million tickets sold and over two point one eight
billion dollars grossed since two thousand one, behind only Coldplay.
(01:30):
Colestar itself highlights that their three six OO tour and
the more recent U two UV act on Baby Live
its Sphere residency are quarterstone events in modern touring economics.
Radio sites like ninety eight Rock and blogs such as
that Eric Alper echoed those numbers, framing U two as
(01:52):
one of the defining live acts of the last quarter century.
On the cultural crosstalk front, U two sphere era is
still reverberating. American Songwriter reports that a tabloid sore story
in The Sun claims Oasis turned down a Vegas Sphere
offer partly on the advice of Bono, who allegedly complained
(02:12):
about the massive production costs. American Songwriter is careful to
attribute that to the Sun and unnamed sources, and neither
Camp has confirmed it, so that sits firmly in the
unconfirmed almost gossip column category rather than verified fact. Meanwhile,
the band's catalog is being freshly spotlighted. A new YouTube
(02:33):
playlist tied to Ryan Johnson's film Wake Up, Dead Man,
A Knives Out Mystery is featured on YouTube dot Com,
curated by composer Nathan Johnson, who explicitly links U two
songs of Faith and Doubt to the movie's themes. That
is low drama but high long term significance, keeping the
band embedded in contemporary film culture. At the same time,
(02:55):
rock radio outlets like ninety eight KUPD report that Slash
and Les Kennedy appear on Joe Bonamassa's upcoming BB King
tribute album Blues sum At one hundred, covering the U
two and BB King collaboration when Love Comes to Town,
with Kennedy taking Bono's vocal part. That cover, flagged is
a standout by producer Josh Smith, quietly refreshes YOU Two's
(03:19):
late nineties work for a new blues rock audience. Finally,
in the music press think piece World American Songwriter teases
a feature about the U two and Rolling Stones albums
that speak to one another, emphasizing how you two have
openly owned up to being Stones fans, another subtle brick
in the band's long view historical positioning. Thank you for
(03:39):
tuning in and come back next week for more U
two and music world updates. This has been a quiet
Please production, and for more from me, check out Quiet
please dot ai. And that is it for today. Make
sure you hit the subscribe button and never miss an
update on the band YouTube. Thanks for listening. This has
been a quiet please production. For more checkout Quiet Please
dot ai. Search the term biosnap wherever you listen.
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